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My Adsense Nosedive

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by swollenpickles, Jun 12, 2007.

  1. footballboy

    footballboy Peon

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    #41
    If you are new to Adsense and start with a low traffic site, you will see a massive drop in earnings when your traffic picks up.

    When you are an established site, you will see ups and downs depending on the niche you are in.

    In my case:
    my ePCM over the last 12 months has been going up and down like a jojo between $0.8 and $3.5. With over 10.000 visitors a day that gives a massive difference in earnings on a daily basis.

    My advice, focus on getting more visitors, so that any decrease in CPC is covered by more visitors and any increase just gives a nice extra smile ;-)
     
    footballboy, Jun 21, 2007 IP
  2. alexdale

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    #42
    nope, not everybody. ;)
     
    alexdale, Jun 21, 2007 IP
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    #43
    On last month I earned $16. But on this month only $6 so far.
     
    ehuq, Jun 21, 2007 IP
  4. SitesAdsRep

    SitesAdsRep Peon

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    #44
    Good advertisers are getting better at getting high CTR's and therefore paying less.
    With a high CTR many advertisers get clicks for 2-3-4 cent each. The advertisers willing to pay 20 cent per click are pushed off the page.
     
    SitesAdsRep, Jun 21, 2007 IP
  5. itmemo

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    #45
    You could try removing your adds, and adding them back in again. A few people have done that in DP and reported that it help them avoid smart pricing
     
    itmemo, Jun 21, 2007 IP
  6. MattKNC

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    #46
    My AdSense income has been up all month. I swapped out one of my themes for one that is AdSense-friendly and the click through rate nearly doubled. I have noticed that the payout isn't as good per click, but the increased click throughs mean that I am making more money.

    I wonder if these changes has to do with Google dumping Arbitrage sites?
     
    MattKNC, Jun 21, 2007 IP
  7. Tearabite

    Tearabite Prominent Member

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    #47
    Maybe.. might also have to do with eBay stopping their AdWords campaigns too..

    My Adsense earnings are at an all-time low this month.. it hurts, but it's not killing me 'cause i'm diversified ..:cool:
     
    Tearabite, Jun 21, 2007 IP
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    #48
    Not me.. people many people are experiencing that. Smart pricing to blame probably.
     
    thn87, Jun 21, 2007 IP
  9. danimal

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    #49
    publishers don't have cpc, they have epc: "earnings per click"

    ecpm is a worthless metric, because it can't tell you where the problem area is.

    there are only 3 choices with adsense:
    1) epc
    2) ctr
    3) traffic

    if you set up your adsense channels correctly, you'll know what to work on.
     
    danimal, Jun 21, 2007 IP
  10. sixfigureblogger

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    #50
    I'm actually GLAD to see threads like this, as my earnings have dipped quite a bit over the last month or so... I think it is all due to the summer... nice weather means people are out and about enjoying the weather and not on their computers. I love the summer...but really look forward to fall and winter when everyone is inside!
     
    sixfigureblogger, Jun 21, 2007 IP
  11. adwordaffiliate

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    #51
    My earnings are up 200% since 1st June, either Smart Pricing has loosened or they've gotten rid of most of the MFA advertisers in my niches :D
     
    adwordaffiliate, Jun 21, 2007 IP
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    #52
    Why not ad your adsense code into an Adbrite campaign. That way, you can get paid per impression and/or per click! Check sig!
     
    dougeetx, Jun 21, 2007 IP
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    #53
    My site gets returning visitors daily. The more readers I get, the lower my CTR rate has been.

    I think it's because they're getting used to where the ads are.

    Can't wait until I get search engine visitors.
     
    add_cents, Jun 21, 2007 IP
  14. lojadeluxo

    lojadeluxo Well-Known Member

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    #54
    On this month my max earn per day is 6... on last month was 14.00....
    terrible!
     
    lojadeluxo, Jun 21, 2007 IP
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    #55
    Yeah there is a fall in earnings.
     
    samayahuja, Jun 22, 2007 IP
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    #56
    2 figures daily to 1 figure for me. Around 30% drop.
     
    VincentChow, Jul 2, 2007 IP
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    #57
    That sounds very very dodgy!
     
    swollenpickles, Jul 18, 2007 IP
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    michellesabre Peon

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    #58
    get rid of the crap traffic... and you will be unsmart priced :D.. that means no traffic from NON english speaking countries....

    you want good payouts... you need to give good traffic :D
     
    michellesabre, Jul 19, 2007 IP
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    #59
    Only true if you are targetting things for the english market. Non english does not equal crap or not good traffic
     
    Edynas, Jul 19, 2007 IP
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    #60
    i've had viral content that got some very good traffic from europe.

    i've also used country geo-targeting for ypn, serving up adsense instead for all non-u.s. countries... it paid just fine.

    but i generally don't get huge traffic from the major scammer countries to begin with... so ymmv.
     
    danimal, Jul 19, 2007 IP